Tag: hatching turkeys

There is not much to do on hatch day. Mostly just wait. The first thing you may observe is an egg wobbling around. While this is proof of life, don’t count it as gain just yet. On lock down I had an egg wobbling all over the place, I had never seen an egg move […]

Day of Lockdown The last three days of incubation is referred to as lock down. When your eggs are in the home stretch. For turkeys, this is day 25. The incubator should not be opened after day 25 unless absolutely necessary. I began by carefully removing all the eggs from the incubator and gently placing […]